Today I Am Tired

Today I am tired.
Strong winds blow
Like a voice in the night
Cutting through me like
A knife through flesh.

Today. I. am. tired.
My feet scrape forward
Like the grating of a
Steel ball dragging
Across concrete.

Today.. I.. am.. tired..
My knees lock and creak
Like a heavy oak door
On old rusty hinges
Slowly groaning open.

Today... I... am... tired...
My heart thumps in my chest
Like the slow beat of a drum
Making rhythm to my sacrifice
to this hell of a world.

Today..... I..... am..... tired......
My head droops low
Like the broken back
Of a once mighty stallion
Now weighed my its master.

Today............
I....................
Am................
Tired.............